"Potential
dealers have two weeks to stockpile legal highs. When the
ban comes into effect, some addicts will continue to pursue
synthetic cannabis on the black market.

"Others, in being
lured back to the black market, will turn to more dangerous
illegal drugs such as P.

"In a best case scenario, addicts
will revert to smoking ordinary natural cannabis. But this
can hardly be considered a success, when these individuals,
who are not seeking to harm anyone else, are turned back
into criminals due to the law change.

"It's easy to
identify a problem in society and say that a ban is the
perfect answer. But that's a dangerous road to
follow.

"Alcohol causes far more issues for Kiwis than
weed, synthetic or otherwise. Yet not many New Zealanders
would support a total ban on booze.

"That's because deep
down, New Zealanders understand that personal freedom
matters, and that freedom should take precedence over any
bureaucrat's narrow-minded idea of 'safety'.

"ACT on
Campus will continue lobbying ACT to address New Zealand's
drug problem without restricting freedoms. The logical first
step is to make legal highs disappear from the market by
legalising
cannabis."

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